Contact information
Research groups
Colleges
Collaborators
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Neil Herring
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist
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Nick Talbot
Associate Professor and Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
David Holdsworth
MStJ MA DPhil DAvMed FRCP
Senior clinical research fellow
Dr David Holdsworth is a military consultant cardiologist, with a background in exercise physiology and metabolism (DPhil in DPAG in Exercise Metabolism in the Clarke Group). He is a senior lecturer in the Academic Department of Military Medicine. He specialises in cardiopulmonary exercise testing, aviation cardiology and cardiac imaging and is the clinical lead for diagnostic exercise testing in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. His research interests include human performance, altitude, hypoxia, acceleration and other environmental extremes and the use of exertional cardiopulmonary assessment to define the cause of functional limitation in patients with breathlessness and other exertinal limitations. Lt Col Holdsworth led the UK military clinical response to Long COVID (the Defence COVID recovery service, DCRS) and was the Oxford University PI for the associated Military COVID (MCOVID) study. Email: david.holdsworth@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Recent publications
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Metabolic cost of external work: a novel CPET parameter optimises characterisation of exercise performance in obese individuals.
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Rayner JJ. et al, (2025), Eur J Appl Physiol
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Alveolar deadspace and intrapulmonary shunt in healthy individuals and in individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 infection.
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Sandhu D. et al, (2025), Exp Physiol
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How long is Long-COVID? Symptomatic improvement between 12 and 18 months in a prospective cohort study.
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Barker-Davies RM. et al, (2025), BMJ Mil Health, 171, 126 - 133
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Circulating neuropeptide Y dynamics and performance during exercise in heart failure patients with contemporary medical and device therapy.
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Ayagama T. et al, (2025), Exp Physiol, 110, 401 - 409
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Optimising investigative pathways in military medicine: operational impact of a military cardiopulmonary exercise testing clinic.
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Holland JL. et al, (2025), BMJ Mil Health
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Comparative evaluation of photon-counting CCTA relative to 3D quantitative coronary angiography for coronary luminal stenosis evaluation
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Kotronias R. et al, (2025), ATHEROSCLEROSIS, 407
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing excludes significant disease in patients recovering from COVID-19.
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Holdsworth DA. et al, (2024), BMJ Mil Health, 170, 308 - 314
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Development, design and experience of the UK Military's return to diving pathway following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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McPhail S. et al, (2024), BMJ Mil Health, 170, 365 - 369
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Evaluating the Agreement between Oral, Armpit, and Ear Temperature Readings during Physical Activities in an Outdoor Setting.
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Zhao Y. et al, (2024), Int J Environ Res Public Health, 21
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Factors influencing medium- and long-term occupational impact following COVID-19.
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O'Sullivan O. et al, (2024), Occup Med (Lond), 74, 53 - 62

